Acts 16:20:15Acts.16.20.W15TAB
ὑπάρχοντες
hyparkhontes
“being”
- Transliteration
- hy-PAR-khon-tes
- Extended
- hyoo-PAHR-khohn-tehs
- IPA
- /hyˈpar.kʰon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- being
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Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hy-PAR-khon-tes
- sentence
KAI pro-sa-ga-GON-tes au-TOUS tois stra-tê-GOIS EI-pan HOU-toi hoi AN-thrô-poi ek-ta-RAS-sou-sin hê-MON tên PO-lin i-ou-DAI-oi hy-PAR-khon-tes
Exegesis
The participle hypárchontes {ὑπάρχοντες | hypárchontes} “being” with Ioudaîoi {Ἰουδαῖοι | Ioudaîoi} forms an identity clause, defining the accused by ethnicity.
In context — Acts 16:20
After bringing them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews , are throwing our city into turmoil.”
About this coordinate
Acts 16:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 16:20, so the Greek word ὑπάρχοντες (hyparkhontes) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.16.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.20.W15.S1) and character.